Not Donnie's fault. The player agents are still supposedly trying to broker better contracts for their clients via sign and trades. They are doing their due diligence if nothing else for appearances sake. Think about it... there is absolutely no reason for them to sign until they absolutely must do so. Anything can happen. Why take away potential options, remote as they may be.

One thing that is pretty consistant over Jimmy Dolans tenure is the knicks don't underpay anyone and whey they make a promise, even if not in favor to the team they keep that deal.

It is my opinion that Lee and Nay Nayte have the money they will make and have had that number for a long time. The QO is a formality.

Lee and Nate in the right market would have all the benefits of a free market and their value would dictate based on demand. This is a bad year to be in the market and I don't the knicks are being anything but upfront and good about this.

The one tought thing is we hava a plan and with a potential shrinking cap we are still sticking to it. This is nothing that is been hidden by anyone and no body should be shocked.

DLee if he is a knick will get paid this year, and perhaps will get paid by us next year with a hand shake deal. One example is H20 when he opted out and we bid against no one he got the big number. I have no proof, but it was so illogical it had to be that way.

Donnie holds the cards and is not messing up. In fact, he still has his assets in the event somone makes an offer he can't refuse.

Bottom line is to sign free agents and not lose the assets we want to keep.

Two allstars gets you pretty deep in the playoffs, three gets you to conf. finals.

My only fear is not being patient to build it right but to build it profitable and compromise.

I want to celebrate a championship before I die. We are becoming the Bosox of the NBA!

So basically wait for the 25th hour. At this point I'm not even blaming walsh for this, Lee and Nate are either naïve, or have agents that are naïve. Its time to get on board and make this thing work for your self, the fans and the franchise.

Lee's agent is the hold up. He's holding out hope that a miracle sign and trade may appear out of the blue before he agrees to sign at Walsh is offering.

This is correct. There is no other reason. People like to blame Walsh for things he can't dictate.

So let me get this straight, something has to be done by Oct 1st, and the chances of some one getting hurt prior to camp starting is almost un heard of unless its a (montel ellis, jay will) freak accident.

Yeah that makes little to no sense.

I'd love to see a list of the S&T offers that Lee's agent has come up with.

You wonder if Walsh just won't take lesser talent for a player he basically has locked in for next year, or if other teams are only offering players with deals going past 2009/10... or both.

Joe, maybe I'm just AllanFanned, but I don't get what you're saying.

An expiring doesn't make sense for the Knicks unless its a better fit than Lee, I get that.

Expiring crap + pick would work though. (John Wall could be the pre-Lebron savior)

Long term prospect on the cheap + expiring crap might work. (Blatche)

Lee + Mobley for a big time player... I can dream